Word: nomo
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...BALL GAME Thanks to the all-American virtues of Cal Ripken Jr., the all-Japanese windup of Hideo Nomo and an exciting though politically incorrect all-Indian World Series, the national pastime was back in good graces after the shame of '94. Of course, the players and owners still haven't smoked a peace pipe...
...dominated the league this year, with an NL-high 19 wins and a 1.63 earned run average, and led the Braves to their first world championship since 1957. The diminutive Maddux, who TIME's Steve Wulf calls "the best pitcher of his generation," beat out several others including Hideo Nomo, the Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie of the Year...
...dominated the league this year, with an NL-high 19 wins and a 1.63 earned run average, and led the Braves to their first world championship since 1957. The diminutive Maddux, who TIME's Steve Wulf calls "the best pitcher of his generation," beat out several others including Hideo Nomo, the Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie of the Year...
They should have been joined by the entire cast from 1995: Cal Ripken, Hideo Nomo, Mo Vaughn, Randy Johnson, Trammell and Whitaker--even Mickey Mantle. The season just past is as worthy of celebration as the Braves...
There were other nice stories in baseball this year: the arrival from Japan of Nomo, the revival of the franchise in Seattle, the retiring of the Detroit Tigers' longtime double-play combination of Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell. The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, who between them have 164 years without a world championship, teased their fans for a while. Even the death of Mantle in August had a sweetness to it, as people called him up to mind the way the Yankees called...